Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 19,196, Jeremiah Drake, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
New York
Drake, Jeremiah Phebe
No. 19,196
CONTENTS

Rev War P 31.94 William Clarke of Schenectady in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Boyd of the Regt. commanded by Col Clarke in the New York line for 9 months & 24 days
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of March 1842 and sent to Alexander Ellis  Morningbrugh New York
Arrears to the 4th of March 1842 $ 339. 79 Semi-ant. allowance ending Augt , 15. 49 $ 355. 28 3/4
{ Revolutionary Claim } { Act June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by M. M. Madison Clerk, Book C Vol. A Page 18
Letter to M. S. Perkins reported Law to Pensions Sept. 19. So for 1843. Same person of Order to pay 24 Oct. 1843 at to 11th A. C. New York June 1 '46

Reported Dec 2/4/48
2392. New York City. Phebe Drake widow of Jeremiah Drake N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars 84. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Dec r 1848 and sent to Hon D.B. St. Johns H of R
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 59 Vol 4,

State of New York
Sullivan County ss on this _____ day of October in the year 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the judges of the Court of Common Pleas (being a Court of record) in and for the County of Sullivan in said State, now sitting, Jeremiah Drake a resident of the town of Neversink in said County and State, aged sixty nine years last May, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated, that is to say -
In the Spring of the year 1778 he resided at Peekskill (then called the Manor of Cortlandt) in the County of Westchester & State aforesaid and there & there in the month of April as near as he can recollect entered the service of the United States as a soldier in a Company commanded by Captain Ebenezer Boyd. Lieut. David Ferris & Sergeant James Sherk in a regiment commanded by Col Samuel Drake. Lieut. Col. John Hyatt & Colonel Pennier as Major or adjutant - and continued to serve in said Company & regiment during & until the end of the war as herein after described - He served during all this time in the said County of Westchester on & near the lines between the British & American forces - That he well recollects that the day before Major Andre was captured early in the evening and as near as he can recollect about the 20 th of September 1780. being in said time, he, the applicant being on guard at Andrew Miller's tavern, about half way between Peekskill and Crown Point, discovered two men ride up on horse back who were hailed & stopped by him one of whom was afterwards ascertained to be

Said Major Andre, that on being thus stopped one of them addressing the applicant said "Boy why dont you hail the guard." which he did immediately when they dismounted & went into the house, where he was informed they received a pass from Genl. Arnold, but were prevented from proceeding farther that night by one Robert Brandow and old officer of the French army war as applicant was at that day informed, he being on guard did not on that occasion go into the house. That the next day said Andrew was taken about sixteen miles below at Tarry town under a white-wood tree as applicant was informed a day or two afterwards. That he was much of the time of his service employed in cropping the lines aforesaid & taking from the British & their friends cattle hogs & hay & other foraging articles, great quantities of which he assisted in taking - and served much of said time in the vicinity of Croton river. That one Van Rensselaer he thinks was at the time General of the Militia but is not certain. That his services were rendered by order & command of his superior officers & he was then informed & believed under a law of the state putting said corps upon the same terms with Continental troops to the truth of which he cannot with certainty affirm attest. or declare. That the first year he was fifteen years of age & did duty & served as aforesaid as a substitute for his father Jeremiah Drake but after that being sixteen years old & liable to military duty he served for himself. That he has no documentary evidence & knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service except one Isaac Brown of

of Rochester where affidavit applicant has procured as to a part of his services -
That he was born at Pepskeill in Westchester County aforesaid in the year 1763 according to the best of his knowledge & information, That he has no record of his age - That since the Revolutionary war he resided till the year 1793 principally in Westchester County & since that time he has resided in said town of Wawarsing where he now resides - That he never received any discharge except a certificate given by the Paymaster Garret G Beckman son in law of Governor Cortlandt which has long since been lost or destroyed -
That he is known to Anthony Hasbrook & Hopkin Reynolds of Sullivan County who can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Sworn & subscribed before me in open court this day & year aforesaid Jeph M Foster Clerk of Sullivan Com. Pleas
Jeremiah Drake
We Anthony Hasbrook & Hopkin Reynolds - residing in Sullivan County do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Jeremiah Drake who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; That we believe him to be sixty nine or seventy years of age; That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion -
Anthony Hasbrook
Sworn and subscribed before me this 10 th of October 1832 Jeph M Foster Clerk of Sullivan Com. Pleas
H. Reynolds

Jesse M. Foster, Clerk of the Court of Common And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion to be after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant, Jeremiah Drake was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states: And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Anthony Hasbrouck, & Stephen Reynolds, who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Sullivan County and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to Credit.
I Jesse M. Foster, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Sullivan County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jeremiah Drake for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 10. th day of October A.D. 1832.
Jesse M. Foster
10230
Jeremiah Drake.

State of New York Sullivan County) On the ninth day of June 1846 person- -ally appeared in open Court before the court of common pleas held in and for the County of Sullivan being about of record becoming a Clerk and said Phoebe Drake a resi- -dent of the town of Swansville in said county aged seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declara- -tion in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows - and the act supplementary thereto passed August 23 d 1842 That she is the widow of Jeremiah Drake who was a private in the army of the revolution and a pensioner and in proof thereof she refers to papers on file in the pension office upon which he obtained a pension
She further declares that she was married to the said Jeremiah Drake on the twenty-fifth (25) day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eighty eight - That her husband the aforesaid Jeremiah Drake died on the twenty third day of June Eighteen hundred and forty five
That she was not married to him prior to her leaving the service but the marriage took place pursuant to the act of January seventeen hundred and ninety four by at the time above stated Known to and subscribed on the day and year above written in open Court before J. W. Howell Clerk, of Sullivan County
Phoebe Drake

Rev. 1812 Wars Section.
AWF
May 23, 1929.
Mrs. William J. Robinson, Peekskill, New York.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 19198 , it appears that Jeremiah Drake (son of Jeremiah Drake) was born in May 1783 at the Manor of Cortlandt, (afterwards called Peekskill) Westchester County, New York.
He resided, with his father at the Manor of Cortlandt, and served as his substitute in Captain Ebenezer Boyd's Company, Colonel Samuel Drake's New York Regiment, for two days each week, from the middle of April 1777, until the first of December; and that he enlisted every April and continued to perform his own and his father's services every year (until the end of the war) under Captain Ebenezer Boyd and Colonel Samuel Drake, as follows: in 1778, four months; in 1779, six and one half months; in 1780, eight months; in 1781, seven months; and in 1782, five months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 10, 1832, while a resident of Neversink, Sullivan

County, New York. He died there June 23, 1845.
Soldier married December 25, 1788, Phebe Reynolds or Runolds. She was allowed pension on her application executed June 9, 1846, while a resident of Neversink, New York, aged seventy-five years.
There are no further family data on file, and no claim for pension on file on account of any service this soldier's father may have rendered.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

1907 Apr. 15 History to Mrs. F. H. Keese 1919 Mch. 4. 20 Mrs. V. C. Lowe p. 1926 June 9. " Mrs. O. P. Sprague Rev. 1929 May 23. " " Mrs. Wm. J. Robinson Rev.
Rev
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 19196  Phoebe Drake wid. of  Jeremiah Drake Prior Rev. War  Act: Feb. 22  1918  Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 196
[Arrangement of 1870.]

V
No 12867
Phebe Drake
Mar. at C. Mass. July 1. 1846. to Major  Major Mar 21. 46 Rejected
act 7 July 1838

31,904 New York Revol.
Jeremiah Drake Rejected
See letter to
A.C. Staten
20 August '33 to same 8 th Sept '34 " Jeremiah Drake aug 4. 1840 " Hon John Van Buren Aug 27. 1840
Let to Jeremiah Drake Oct 20 '41
Ach 7 June 1832

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. Ulster County Clerk's Office, }
I, Jacob Snyder, Clerk of the County of Ulster, an Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Ulster County, do hereby certify, That George W. Lynch _____ Esquire, was on the day of the date of the Certificate to the annexed affidavit, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Ulster, duly authorized to take affidavits, &c. and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe the signature " Geo. W. Lynch " _____ subscribed to the Certificate of the said annexed Affidavit to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this Third _____ day of October _____ 1832
Jacob Snyder

We certify that Isaac Brown the maker of the foregoing affidavit is well known to us & is of good character for truth & veracity.
Geo. W. Lynch Justice. —
James Dumond

State of New York,
County of Westchester, } ss
I, MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, CLERK of the County aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Philip Clapp Cosgrini
whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument , and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said certificate, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorised to take the same. And, further, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said JUSTICE, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said
County, the Sixth day of October 184 5
Munson Lockwood Clerk.

Jeremiah Drake, N.Y. act 7 June 1832 p. 30 89 p.m.
To what time was he last paid?
G. C. A.
Paid to 4 th Mar. 1845.
M. B.

New York 397
Phebe Drake widow of Jeremiah Drake who was a survivor in the New York Line for 9 mo 8 days.
Reported
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of Thirty Dollars Eighty Nine Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844. 23 rd June 1845.
Certificate of Pension issued the Third day of July 1847 and sent to Pensioner
Care of Henry R. Drake Prong Kapsie Dulches led Ms
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book  A Vol. 2 Page 83

Phebe Drake's Declaration
D. B. St. John, Agent.
Monticello
Sullivan Co. N.Y.
ad 397-40

STATE OF NEW-YORK, } ss. BE IT KNOWN, that on this 31 day of August Sullivan County } 1848, personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Sullivan, in said State, Phebe
Drake - a resident of the County of Sullivan - , aged about 78 years, who being first duly sworn according to law and doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the 24th of February, 1848, granting pensions to certain widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War, that she is the widow of Jesseah Drake who was as a private Soldier and Servant during the war of the Revolution, and that she was a pensioner and drew a pension under the Act of 1844, at the rate of $30.89 per annum under said act.
Sworn and Subscribed this 31 st day of August Joseph Ellis JP
Phebe Drake
I, the said Justice, do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Phebe Drake - - - , and that I knew her to be in the receipt of a pension at the rate of $30.89 per annum, as stated by her in the above affidavit.
Joseph Ellis Justice of the Peace I certify that Joseph Ellis is an acting justice of the peace in and for Sullivan County New York and that the above is his signature Sept 4 th 1848 D. B. H. Vohn

1846
1846
1846
1846
State of New York
On the twenty third day of June 1846 before me Jonathan W. Lewis a justice of the peace in and for said County personally appeared William Lewis resident of the town of Kinderhook in said County and being by me duly sworn doth depose and say that he was well acquainted with Jeremiah Drake and that the said Jeremiah Drake died on the twenty third day of June in the year Eighteen hundred and forty-five. And that his widow Phoebe Drake has not intermarried but remains the widow of the said Jeremiah Drake
Sworn and subscribed before me this
11th Decr
J. M. Denbergh J. P.

I certify that I am acquainted with the within deponent William Pierce and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity
J. W. Dubois J. P.
I am acquainted with the above named J. W. Dubois & know him to be a justice of the peace of Sullivan County N. Y. and that the above signature is genuine — June 22. 1846.
A. C. (Nassau)

To all whom it may concern this may certify that my Father the Rev Silas constant settled in Hanover now called York Town in the County of Westchester and State of New York in November 1785 as is stated in his Journal in his hand Wri- ting and to my knowledge he was pastor of the Presbiteri- an congregation for near forty years. In a book kept by him as a Journal and record of Marriages I find in the year 1788 the Marriage of Jeremiah Drake and Abey Reynolds recorded the date is omitted I find the marriage recorded previous to said Drake was the 22 d of December 1788 and the one next to said said Drake was the 29 th day of December 1788
Peekskill 6 th October 1845 St John Constant
Westchester County } Personally came before me the undersigned & State of New York } one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Westchester St John Constant who being duly sworn aspo- setto and saith that the above certificate signed by him is Just and true to the best of his knowledge and belief This 6 th day of October 1845 Philip Bliss J. Peace

Certify that I know the Siree of John Constant and have examined the records that he states to be his father and mother they are the same and also the the Siree of John Constant is a man of truth and veracity
Philip Bluff J. P.

12867.
Phebe Drake widow of Jeremiah N
act. 7 July 1838
Rejected husband and 1845, 23 rd June,
Maria 1788
N 1790
Adm Act 17 June 44
9 mo 8 days, in
#30 89 per ann
from 23 rd June 1845
Phebe Drake wife of Henry R Drake Poughkeepsie Dutchess Co Act 7 th July 1838. MS

State of New York
Sullivan County } Personally appeared before me the un- -assigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Sulli- -van Jeremiah Drake of the Town of Neversink in said County who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason  the of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service but ac- -cording to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grade for four months as private and a substitute for my Father Jeremiah Drake and served as follows about the first of April 1778 I was enrolled and commenced duty in a Company of Militia Command by Capt: Ebenezer Boyd in Col: Samuel Drake's Regiment at Peekskill in Westchester County. My Father resided upon the Man- -ner of Cortlandt about seven Miles above Croton River a stream which runs through the Manner nearly from North East to South West and which was considered to be the American lines at least our Civil Jurisdiction extended to it. The lines which were maintained by the British were about twenty Miles below ours leaving a large space of Coun- -try between principally inhabited by People friendly to the British where the Refugees & Tories from New York and below the lines could find places of concealment when they went over the lines for the purpose of plundering the prop- -erty of the Whigs this space of Country between the two lines was at that time vulgarly known by the name of the Old Hunting ground and the surplus produce raised upon it was generally sent to the British if not prevented by the Militia the Regiment to which I belonged was principally employed in patrolling and guarding such parts as the Tories might be suspected to pass when out for the purpose of plunder and also to detect & bring off from the Old Hunting ground such property as would be likely to fall into the hands of the Tories each Militia man belonging to the Regiment served two times each week I generally left home about noon and arrived at the lines a little before night & joined my Company we were general- -ly divided in parties of twelve or fifteen men & put under command of a Sergeant to Pat- -rol through the night. I was generally

discharged the next Morning with Orders where to return again to Duty would arrive home sometime in the course of the day and retire to bed for the purpose of rest my service for this season consumed full half of my time or at least prevented me from following any other employment for full half the time my duty in the Militia ended this year a few days before Christmas in the month of December. In the year 1779 about the 20 th of May I was enrolled as a private in the same Company and Regiment in which I had served the year before to do duty for my self being sixteen years of age I joined the Regiment at Krum Pond about four miles from home immediately after being en- rolled, the British at that time occupied Verplank's Point on the Hudson River 10 miles from Krum Pond the Enemy Scouting parties become more numerous and stronger below the lines than the year before which required our Regiment to remain in a closer body than formerly and the system of small Patrolling parties was principally abandoned by us the fore part of the season there were however large scouting parties sent out by the Commanding Officers who went near the Enemy's lines to watch their movements and also to prevent their plundering of property I was several times ordered out in those scouting parties but never had any engagement with the Enemy. In the month of June the Regiment left Krum Pond on account of the Enemy's advancing with a su- perior force commanded by a Col. by the name of Aber- cromby if my recollection serves right the Enemy burned the Meeting house at Krum Pond & a House belonging to Major Strong they then returned to Verplank's Point & our Regiment resumed its former position at Krum Pond in a few days after and continued there till the last of August frequently sending out large Scout- ing parties to guard such places as the Enemy were suspected to pass. I never left the Regiment from the time I joined it in May until the last of August Except one week I went on furlough to see my Parents who had went to Fredicksburgh thirty miles back in the Country on the account of the Enemy being likely to overrun Peks Kill & the surrounding Country when I returned to the Regiment I was informed that one of our Scouts had been engaged with a party of British light horse & several of them taken prisoners

and carried to New York one of the British Dragoons was shot in the engagement by a man by the name of Lent. The last of August the principal part of the Regiment were allowed to return home on my return I found part of my Father's family returned to their residence at Peeks Kill. We were called out again the first of September in a very few days after our return the Regiment was employed for the residue of the season in the same manner as they were the year before that is each man served two tours in a week Standing guard and Patrolling I served my own tours and my Father also, which occupied my whole time till we were discharged about the 10 th of December making my service six months and a half this year. In the year 1780 in the month of April what time in the month I do not exactly recollect but presume about the middle I entered the service for myself and my Father Francis Drake in the same Company and Regiment as the year before and under the same officers altho I was not so much under the immediate command of Captain Boyd as the previous years there being some different arrangement made by which the Patrol to which I belonged was put more immediately under the command of Lieutenant Ferris for the whole season. Our duty was Standing guard & Patrolling upon the lines I served four tours each week two for myself & two for my Father. In the Month of November the whole Regiment was ordered out with the foraging team to secure the old Hunting ground I was ten days on this expedition we had with us 120 fat hogs 70 head of cattle & over 100 Load of Corn Oats & hay on our return the Regiment was discharge- ed except a Draft from the same (of which I was one) who were detained to guard the property taken, to Col. John Hays which detained me five or six days longer I returned home the first of December & remained two or three days when the Company were called out again on the old Patrolling business & continued for several tours my whole time for this season was wholly devoted to Military duty, and amount- -ed to very near eight months, About the 20 th of the next April 1781 I entered upon duty in the same Regiment as before serving four

tours each week two for my self & two for my Father Through the whole season our duty was on the lines and Principally of the same kind as former Considerable of property were taken from the enemy be- low our lines this season, in the month of August Three Companies Capt. Boyers Krones and Sturges were detached from the Regiment to scour the old Hunting ground and bring of such foraging articles as could be obtained On our return from this Expedition near the White Plains we routed and drove off a Company of Col. Delanceys Refugee Forces. The principal part of the Regiment were discharge- ed about the first of December at which time I re- turned home. my time this season was so fully occupied in the Station that I seldom went home through the season and amounted to over seven months. In 1782 the Middle of April I joined the Regiment for my self & Father performing four tours a week on the lines as usual Patrolling and standing guard. early in the month of June the Country between the White Plains and New York was occupied by a strong force of the American & French Armies which prevented the part of the Country to which I belonged from being harassed by the Tories & Refugees from New York and the Company to which I belonged was not called to duty to my recollection from this time untill the first of September when we were called out again on duty as before and continued untill the last of December which made my service this year over five months. and for the above service I claim a pension I do not recollect that the Re- giment to which I belonged ever done duty or was engaged with any other corps on any Expedition I have seen Col. Nixons & Col. Shephards Regiments they were encamped at Peeks Kill on David Suits farm what year I do not exactly recollect but I believe in 1780. or 81. if my recollection serves me right they were from New Hampshire. I have seen Col. Swifts Col. Hazens Col. Scammins Col. Mings, Col. Van Scurcks Col Van Cortlandts Col. Webs & many other Regiments March through Peeks Kill General Green Mifflin Pomeroy & many Inferior officers have quartered at my Fathers house I have frequently seen General Washington at Peeks Kill, I have also when the

grand Army left Verplank's Point to go in to White Plains in the Highlands. I have seen General La Fayette & a considerable part of the French Army
I further state that the reason why I have not produced the evidence of a Clergyman before the Court in the matter of my application for a Pension is that I do not know of any one in the County where I reside or its vicinity who is sufficiently acquainted with me to testify to any thing in rela- tion to my Military services either from actual knowledge or from reputation for which reason the evidence of Anthony Haskock and Stephen Reynolds two of my Neighbours with whom I have long been acquainted and who were well known to the Court were produced
Jeremiah Drake
Sworn and subscribed before me the 13 th day of May 1833. Nathan Root J. P.
I Certify that I am well acquainted with Jeremiah Drake the above named Deponent and that he is credible for truth and veracity and his foregoing Statements entitled to credit May the 13 th 1833. Nathan Root J. P.
State of New York
Sullivan County
Clerk's Office
I do hereby certify that Nathan Root Esq. before whom the above affidavit was sworn

and also who subscribed his name to the preceding Certificate was at the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for Sullivan County and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Affidavit and the preceding Certificate is genuine. Whereunto in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County the 22 nd day of May 1837.
Saml M. Foster Clk

31904.
Jeremiah Drake
NY
out 7-June 32
acmd
9 mo. 8 days pri
$30.88
Alex. Ellis
Bloomingburg
NY

Monticello NY May 25 th Mary Ryerson
free
Pension Office Washington City -

Any answer in reference to the within papers May be sent to A. C. (Wm) Monticello Hill County New York -
J. C. D.
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Sept. 8.
free
Pension Office
N.Y.
Washington
Wirtton N.Y. Sept - 5-3
Patrick Clarke

The papers of Jeremiah Drake, an applicant for a pension under the late law, have not been returned nor audited in any way. Mr Drake is desirous of having the papers returned, or copies of them, if insufficient, that he may take such steps as shall be thought expedient for the purpose of procuring other or further proof.
Very Respectfully Yours, A C. McLean
Monticello Illinois N.Y. Sept 3.
Hon J. L. Edwards, Pension Office Washington
1763 16 1882

Wall of Rep.
22 nd June 1846.
Col Edwards is respectfully requested to examine the enclosed papers and issue the proper Certificate - A C (Nim)

L. 191
3 August 1841
free
Sturminster July 31.
Station Office
War Department
General Brake
N.Y.
June 7 P.M.
City of Washington
N.Y.
further & are respect- Plaintiff therewith as covered by the the last a map of the

Haversink Sullivan County New York
July 28 th 1841
To the Com d of Pensions
Sir I formerly made application to the War Department for a Pension under the law of 1832 I thought at that time my claim was sufficiently made out it was however suspended for reasons which are unexplained to me I have recently obtained the affidavit of James Mandavell of Westchester County who served in the same regiment to which I belonged I herewith send you the same as further support of my application for a Pension are respectfully solicited to reexamine my former claim and the papers and proof in connection therewith and return your answer to me as soon as convenience will permit
If there should be any remaining difficulty in the case please to explain it to me in as full a manner as is consistent with established rules of the Department
Yours respectfully Frederick

Heubner N.Y. Oct 20 Oct 7
Under off. NY Adolf Gen. Drake.

Department City of Washington D. C.

Haverhill Sullivan County N. York
Oct. 2 nd 1841
Yours of the 4 th August last in relation to my claim to a Pension has been received your letter was in answer to one which I sent enclosing the affidavit of James Mandeville in support of my claim. You inform me in your letter that Mandeville states in his affidavit that he served with me in Capt. Boyds Company from the Spring of 1777 to the Close of the war. I do not understand him to say that he served in Boyds Company with one but that he served in Captain Munks Company in the same regiment. He might have served in Boyds Company in 1776 that year I done no military service to my recollection. The first duty of the kind I ever done was in 1777 as a substitute for my Father as will be seen by the affidavit herewith sent. Your letter states that at that time I was not liable to be called on it is true I was not and therefore I only done substitute duty for my Father. The affidavit herewith sent will show the time when I entered the service and how long I continued with some particular incidents varying our usual kind of service which consisting was patrolling a reference to my statements formerly made and on file in the war department will be a more full specification of my services than are contained in the enclosed affidavit to which you are respectfully referred. Yours Respectfully J. L. Cooks Esq. Com. Pension, Jeremiah D. Cook

Bloomington Ind April 11 th 1882
A-
Jeremiah Drake
Hon. D. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D.C.

Bloomingburgh, N.Y. April 11. 1842.
Dear Sir
I send you the enclosed certificate of the Comptroller of New York as additional proof to prove the services of Jeremiah Drake who applied for a Pension under the Act of 1832. I am well satisfied that Mr Drake served the greater part of three years during the Revolutionary War it is his misfortune that the Record of his whole services are not to be found to entitle him to full Pay. you will find by the enclosed certificate that he does some services in the year of 1782. you will likewise find by the proof now on file that he does services in 1780 & 81 which will give him a Small Pension. he is destitute of the Comforts of Life. at his advanced Age. he is old and feeble and not able to labour but little it will be very gratifying to the old gentleman and to his aged companion, if he can receive but a Small Pension please answer the Papers in this turn and forward the Answer to me - Yours With Respect -
Alexander Ellis
Wm Lloyd Edwards
11.14 22.50 29.40 26.20 31.30 4.10

Nov. 12. 1846
Advert case
Black Snake
J. L. Edwards Esq. City of Pensylvania Washington

Monticello, Gull: Co. NY Nov 7. 1840
J. S. Edwards Esq. Sir. The enclosed affidavit is sent to supply a defect in the papers of Phoebe Edwards , applying for a Pension & which you perceive was insufficient without the proof - May I ask your im- mediate attention to it - Yours afft Servt A C Norton

June 26/47
Dear Mr. Carr
Phil Blake
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Office. Washington City
PAID
10

My Dear Sir
Herein is enclosed the additional evidence required, in my case to obtain pension, in your last letter to Mr. Alvin L. L. L.
I trust upon the receipt of this there will be no delay as I am in circumstances which give rise to anxiety in this matter. Mr. Alvin applied for me as he lived near my last residence in Haverink Sullivan Co. N.Y. but I have taken up my temporary abode at this place, where I wish you to address me until further notice -
Judge Constant of Pekkine, Westchester Co. son of Rev. Silas Constant who formerly gave a certain certificate in this matter died last winter and owing to the sickness of the Judge last fall I was then prevented from obtaining from him this enclosed paper and Judge White named in the enclosed paper is the son in law of said Rev. Silas Constant
Direct your letter to me to the care of Henry R. Drake (my son)
Yours Truly
Phoebe Drake
Brughkeepsie Dutchess Co
June 22 a 1847
N.Y.
2
Commissioners of Pensions

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz :
  1782. March 20. Jeremiah Drake 11 141 5 4 mo. 10 ds. 
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, April 9, 1842
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No.  Pay Roll. now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz :
  First—under Capt. Ebenezer Boyd. in Col. Regt.   Second, " " " " "   Third, " " " " "   Fourth, " " " " "   Fifth, " " " " "   Sixth, " " " " "   Seventh, " " " " "   Eighth, " " " " "   Ninth, " " " " "   Tenth, " " " " " 
Philip Phelps Dep Comptroller

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz :
  1780 July 1 35049 Jeremiah Drake Spri — 1 — — 10 — 2 —   1780 July 1 35112 Jeremiah Drake Spri — 1 — — 8 — 5 —                 
STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, August 21 1841.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. — 7 — now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz :
  First—under Capt. Eben Boyd — in Col. Sam l Drake — Reg t .   Second, " " Eben Boyd — " " Sam l Drake — "   Third, " " " " "   Fourth, " " " " "   Fifth, " " " " "   Sixth, " " " " "   Seventh, " " " " "   Eighth, " " " " "   Ninth, " " " " "   Tenth, " " " " " 
Mr. Drake Comptroller
St. 21/
M c Doway Sub Com d V.
over

The present correspondence is referred to Records in in their department at Washington for further proof with other necessary findings -

A Pay Roll of Ebenezer Boyd, Captt Commencing July 1. 1780 a Guard on the North River Westchester County Jeremiah Drake General £ 10 = 6 = 2 State of New York 2 18 - 7 Comptroller's Office Albany 13. 4 9 August 21. 1841 I certify the above to be true Extracts 4 mo. 28 d from an original paper now remaining on file in this office
M c Intire Dep Comptroller
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26  8 34 20. 90. 34  90 2960  148 4.28 D
1 10 2 1 8 8  13 4 9 15  69 13  40 / 199 / 029 139

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Mr Henry H Drake P.O. keepers Duluth county

Westchester County ss
I certify that I am well acquainted with James Mandeville who made the oath in affidavit and know him to be a man of truth and veracity.
Benjamin Ward Justice of the Peace
Cheek Hill April 24 th - 1841 - I fully accord with the above Certificate of Benjamin Ward Esq.
Pierre Van Cortlandt
State of New-York, } ss. I, Clerk of the County of Westchester, } County aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
That _____ whose name is subscribed to the foregoing proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, is the person described in and who executed the said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County, residing in the said County, and was authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the said _____ and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, the 23 rd day of June - 1841
Charles A. Pond, Clerk

Westchester County ss. I certify that I am well acquainted with James Mandeville who made the oath in affidavit and know him to be a man of truth and veracity.
Benjamin Ward Justice of the Peace Catskill April 24 th - 1841 - I fully accord with the above Certificate of Benjamin Ward Esq.
State of New-York, } ss. I, CHARLES A. PURDY, Clerk of the County of Westchester, } County aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Benjamin Ward Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument and thereon written, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, residing in the said County, and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, the 23 rd day of June — 1841
Charles A Purdy, Clerk

Westchester County ss
James Mandeville of said county being duly sworn in due form of law before the undersigned one of the justices of the peace in and for said county, says that he is about eighty one years of age that he is acquainted with Jeremiah Drake of who now resides in Sullivan County, state of New York that said Drake is about eighty years of age and that said Drake resided in the county of Westchester during the revolutionary war that this deponent knows that said Drake was enrolled and belonged to Capt Ebenezer Boyds Company of militia which Company belonged to Col Samuel Drake regiment that this deponent belonged to Capt Browns Company which belonged to the same regiment and that this deponent knew said Drake during the whole of the time that he belonged to said Company which was from the spring of the year 1777 to the close of the war that this deponent is certain that they performed from 3 to 4 months actual services in the field each and every year and that Captain Boyds Company performed a longer time of service than any other Company owing to the fact that he was considered the most skillful man in the regiment and that he has seen said Drake often in actual service and that when ever the Companies to which they belonged was on duty together he used to see him owing to the fact that they were intimate acquaintances and from his knowledge of the fact that he belonged to Capt Boyds Company which Company performed the greatest share of duty of of any Company belonging to the regiment and from the time he has seen him in the service. This deponent thinks that said Drake must have performed more than three months service each and every year from the spring of 1777 to the close of the war.
James Mandeville
Sworn & subscribed to the April 22 d 1841 Before me Benjamin Ward Justice of the peace

Superior Court Certificate in the case of Phoebe Drake

State of New York. City and County of New York ss-
I Jesse Oakley Clerk of the Superior Court of the City of New York a court of Record having a Clerk and Seal. Do certify. That on the sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and forty seven, Henry White Esq one of the Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas in and for the County of Westchester, appeared in the said Super- ior Court, in the City of New York, the said Court then being in open session and being duly sworn testified that the book which he then produced was the book of original Records of marriages performed by the Rev. Silas Constant of late of Yorktown in the County of Westchester deceased, that he the wit- ness had known the said book for forty years and upwards, and that all the entries therein were in the hand writing of the said Reverend Silas Constant. And that upon examining the said book the Judges of the said Court found an entry therein bearing date November one thou- and seven hundred and eighty eight of the marriage of Jeremiah Drake to Phebe Reynolds, by the said Rev. Silas Constant And he further testified that the widow of Jeremiah Drake now applying for a pension is the Phebe Reynolds mentioned in the said original Record, as so mar- ried to Jeremiah Drake. And the Judges of the said Superior Court upon a full

examination of the said book and a carefull inspection thereof were Satisfied of its genuiness, and its ancient appearance - and the said Judges did thereupon determine that the said Book was an ancient and genuine book of the original Records of marriages per- formed by the Reverend. Silas Constant And that the entry therein of the marriage of Jeremiah Drake to Phebe Reynolds was an original entry in the hand writing of the Rev. Silas Constant, And sufficient proof of such marriage being performed.
In testimony whereof I have here- unto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said Court. the 16 June. 1847 A.
J. Oakley Clerk

Affidavit of James Frost

State of New York Westchester County ss. On the fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the Peace in & for the County of Westchester James Frost a resident of Cortlandt in said County aged seventy seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration. I James Frost ever present in the Town of Yorktown on or about the 25 th day of December in the year hereunto bound by the City of When James' Droke late of Sullivan County in this State aforesaid a person was married to Phoebe Reynolds now living, the witnesses of the said James Droke by the Rev. and Deacons G. J. G. J. then of the Town of York River then. And this Deponent on oath further deposes that he has the day examined a private record or diary kept by the said Deacons G. J. G. J. since, during his life time in which the deponent has been married as also many others within his knowledge & recollection as recorded and that of James Droke & Phoebe Reynolds is therein entirely without date But the next Record of marriages on the same page is that of Henry Rich on the 29 th of Decemb. 1788 from the Germantown and in accordance with the best recollection of this deponent the said James Droke and Phoebe Reynolds were married about the 25 th Dec 1788 at which marriage I was present as above stated —
Sworn & Subscribed this fifth day of Oct 1844. James Frost Justice of the Peace

State of New York, County of Westchester, } ss.
I, MUNSON I. LOCKWOOD, CLERK of the County aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Ward B. Howard Esq. whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgement of the annexed Instrument , and endorsed thereon, was, on the day of the date of the said certifi- cate, a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for the said County, residing in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And, further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice, and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, the Sixth day of October 184 7
Munson I. Lockwood Clerk.

Peterboro N.H. Oct 1 st 1848
To all whom it may concern.
This may certify That I have been personally acquainted with the within named James Frost for the last thirty five years and believe him to be a respectable, and a man whose character for truth & veracity is unquestionable and irreproachable.
Ward B. Howard

State of New York
On the 21st day of ... ... the ... of the ... ... and for the ... of ... ... State of ... Court ... and with that from old age and the consequent loss of ... cannot ... ... the ... of the ... his memory he served as follows. I served in 1777 as Captain ... Bryan ... Col. Samuel ... as a ... ... I ... I ... ... I ... the middle of ... I ... two days in ... until the first part of December following. In April the next Spring I was ... to do duty for my self ... Captain Boyles ... ... was divided one part ... by himself and the other part by Lieutenant ... of the same ... that is sent over the ... while ... ... to Patrolling my duty ... one ... of these ... office ... the ... I ... two days in a week in each of these ... done my own duty ... of my ... ... except when the whole ... called upon to turn out ... the ... in this case my ... employ an other substitute we never left the ... this year ... subsequent year ... which was ... in December ... to serve in ... ... for my self and ... until the close of the ... I ... ... except the first the ...

Stony point was taken, which I think was in 1779 I commenced duty on April as usual serving 4 days each week until the first of May about this time the British came up the Hudson river and Co. moved forifying Stony Point we remained in the fort until from this time until Stony point was taken from the British which was in July of the same year I think on the 16th of the month immediately after the capture of Stony Point a British Col by the name of Simcoe came upon the river with a number of light boats and shells but was soon retreating until the last of August when this time until November I don't know how long as I was usually making nearly 50 per month during this year  General Drake
STATE OF NEW-YORK, SULLIVAN COUNTY, ss.
I, Henry W. Howell , Clerk of the County of Sullivan, Do HEREBY CERTIFY , That Morton Gordon _____ whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instru- ment, and endorsed thereon, was on the day of the date of said Certificate, a  Justice of the Peace _____ in and for said County of Sullivan, dwelling in the said County, commissioned and sworn, and duly au- thorized by law, to take the proof and acknowledgment of Deeds and Discharges of Mortgages, &c. And further, that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Justice _____ and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment, is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said County, this 25 th _____ day of September 1841
Henry W. Howell -CLERK.

Minnneapolis Sept 4 th 1848
Dear Sir I send the declaration of Peter Drake, once with you to forward to me a Certificate as soon as convenient
And oblige Yours
To J. S. Edwards Esq D. B. H. Vohr
Will you be so kind as to send me the necessary forms & instructions for making app- lication for Bounty land
D. B. H. V.

State of New York } Ulster County ss. }
On the third day of October 1832 personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid Isaac Brown of the town of Rochester in said County & being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he is well acquainted with Jeremiah Drake who now resides in the town of Newburgh, Sullivan County as he understands & believes that he was also ac- quainted with said Jeremiah during the war of the revolution, that in the year 1780 said Jeremiah done military duty under Lieutenant Parris in the company commanded by Capt Boyd, in the Regiment of militia commanded by Colonel Samuel Drake & continued to do such duty for the term of two years as a Patrol near Croton river in Westchester County. That he the said Depo- nent is of the age of seventy one years & further this Deponent saith not!
Sworn & subscribed this 11 th day of October 1832 Day & year above written before me }
Geo. W. Lynch , Justice of the Peace

To. J. G. Edwards Esq. Commission of Pensions
Washington City

Pension Office Sept 19 th 1843.
Sir.
Before an Order can be given for the payment of the Arrears of Pension of Jeremiah Drake, the Clerk of the Court should certify under his seal of Office, that J. P. Dubois, is a Justice of the peace and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. The papers are herewith returned.
I am Sir
Very Respectfully Your obedt Servt J. L. Edwards
N. S. Perkins Esq. P. M. Sacharrack Ulster County N.Y.

June 1st
see Gen. Drake N.Y. Tribune
For Accommodation 11th Dec 1866 Jas L Edwards Court of Pensions Washington

Washington May 30. 1846
J L Edwards Esq. Sir,
In answer to a mem. left by me at your office, I rec d an answer dated March 20 th in which you say "In answer to your memorandum I have the honor to inform you that it appears that a Jeremiah Drake applied in 1833 from the state of New York but his claim does not appear to have been admitted" —
I am assured by his widow that he was a pensioner, and I wrote to ascertain whether the proof given in his case would entitle her to a pension, if she appeared in court to give evidence of his death, her intermarriage, the time when &c. Will she have to prove his services de novo or will the proof in his case be sufficient on that point.
Very Res.
Yr ob t serv t .
A C. McLaughlin

Per War on Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I have the following data
{ Zachariah Lowe - Aug. 25, 1794 - Sept. 9, 1870 Married Jan. 2, 1815 at Nerswick, Sullivan Co. Jane Drake June, 19, 1792 -
Jane Drake was the daughter of Jeremiah Drake and Phoebe Reynolds who was the daughter of Henry Reynolds. I think Jeremiah Drake served as Private in the 3 rd Regt, Westchester Co Militia.
Henry Reynolds died in 1830 at Nerswick

at the age of 90.
Can you give me any further military history of either Henry Reynolds or Jeremiah Drake pertaining to the Revolutionary War?
An old Orange Co. "Tunis" gives an account of Henry Reynolds joining the "Minutemen" and "as one of these brave citizen-soldiers, he participated in the storming of Stony Point, under Gen. Wayne, in 1779."

If you can give me any assistance I shall be greatly obliged as we are direct in line,
Respectfully
Mrs. V. C. Lowe
340 So. Geneva St., Ithaca, N. Y.

NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION STATE OF NEW YORK
VAN CORTLANDT CHAPTER ORGANIZED MAY 6, 1895 PEEKSKILL, N. Y.
Feby. 10, 1929
Office of the Bureau of Pensions, - U. Washington D. C.
Gentlemen,
Have you any record of a pension being paid to a Jeremiah Drake - 3rd Mortar of Cortlandt Regiment - Private Col. David Drake - Regiment. Capt Elkanah Boyd's Company. Served from 1778 to 1781. Guard on North River 1781 Paid $10 - 6 - 2. Record N.Y. Rev. Vol. XIII. folio 176.
He was of Van Cortlandtville N.Y. (Westchester Co.) Born 1726 - died May 6 - 1784. Wife - Mary Forster.
Children. Elizabeth - Benjamin Gilbert, Polly & Martha.
I shall be very grateful for this record and the other that Dack has, as a question has arisen regarding the

validity of this record of Jeremiah Drake & the claim being made that he was a Captain.
Have you a record of a pension given for a Jeremiah Drake for himself and his father? - He has having done service for both. I am told that such a record exists as of the Revolution. He was this Jeremiah Jr. and Sn. of the War of 1812. There is a record of two Jer- emiah Drakes in the War of 1812 in the "Minutes of the Councils of Appoint- ments" N. Y. State. And this record of Jeremiah Drake is Official and further he is the only Jeremiah Drake recorded in the New York State Trops in the American Revolution.
Thanking you in advance for your courtesy.
Yours Very truly yours.
Mrs. Wm. J. Margaret McLeod Robinson.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Jeremiah Drake a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR; you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. 77. 19. 196
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     * From Apl. _____ to Dec. 1777 Two days each week   Apr 1778 4 mos.   1779 6 1/2 " Private Ebenezer Deyo General Drake New York.   ✓ 1780 8 " " "   1781 7 "   1782 5 "  
* Served as a substitute for his father Jeremiah Drake.
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, * Cortland Manor, Westchester Co. N.Y.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 10, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Neversink, Sullivan Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born in May 1763, at Cortland, N.Y.
Remarks: Soldier married Dec. 25, 1788, Rhoda Brantley. He died June 23, 1845, & she was allowed pension on her application executed June 2, 1846 while seventy-five years of age and a resident of Neversink, N.Y. * afterwards called Peekkill.
There is no further family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
June 9, 1926
Mrs. O. P. Sprague Roscoe N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 19196, it appears that Jeremiah Drake (son of Jeremiah Drake) was born in May 1763 at the Manor of Cortlandt, (afterwards called Peekskill) Westchester County, New York.
He resided, with his father at the Manor of Cortlandt, and served as his substitute in Captain Ebenezer Boyd's Company, Colonel Samuel Drake's New York Regiment, for two days each week, from the middle of April 1777, until the first of December; and that he enlisted every April and continued to perform his own and his father's services every year (until the end of the War) under Captain Ebenezer Boyd and Colonel Samuel Drake, as follows- in 1778, four months; in 1779, six and one half months; in 1780, eight

months; in 1781, seven months; and in 1782, five months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 10, 1832, while a resident of Neversink, Sullivan County, New York. He died there June 23, 1845.
Soldier married December 25, 1788, Phebe Reynolds or Runolds. She was allowed pension on her application executed June 9, 1846, while a resident of Neversink, New York, aged seventy-five years.
There is no further family data on file, and no other papers on file on account of any relation this soldier's father may have rendered.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
I think the father is the one described in set of Margaret Robinson 7/22/57

April 18, 1907.
Mrs. F. H. Rees, 512 W. Church Street, Elmira, N. Y.
Madam:
In reply to your letter without date, received on the 16th ultimo, you are advised that a careful search of the records fails to show claims for pension filed on account of the services of Colonel Sam Drake and Lieutenant-Colonel Gilbert Drake of the War of the Revolution.
Jeremiah Drake, who was the son of Jeremiah Drake , was allowed pension ( Widow's File No. 19,196) on an application executed October 10, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Neversink, Sullivan county, New York. He stated that he was born at Cortlandt (afterwards called Peekskill), New York, in May, 1763, and resided with his father at the Manor of Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York, and served as his substitute in Captain Ebenezer Boyd's company, Colonel Samuel Drake's regiment , for two days each week from the middle of April, 1777, until the forepart of December; and that he enlisted every April and continued to perform his own and his father's services every year (until the end of the War,) under Captain Ebenezer Boyd, Lieutenant David Ferris, and Colonel Samuel Drake, as follows: in 1778, four months; 1779, six 1/2 months; 1780, eight months; 1781, seven months; 1782, five months.

19,196:Drake:2.
It is further alleged that soldier married December 25, 1788, Phebe (Reynolds) Reynolds. He died June 23, 1845, and she was allowed pension on an application executed June 9, 1846, at which time she was seventy-five years of age and a resident of Neversink, New York.
No further data as to family.
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.

Ex. AVB Div. RECORD
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., MAR. 24, 1926
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
APR 1 1926 FILE
No. of claim, _____
Name of soldier, Abel Spragg
P. O. address of claimant, _____
Company Dutchess Co. Militia
(Land Bounty Rights) Regiment Third Reg't
State where enlisted New York
Date of enlistment _____
Date of discharge _____
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Second Reg't officers Adjutant Isaac Crane - Capt. John Brikerhoff, Brown & John Bunachstein , From Robert New York in Revolution Return attached letter with reply. no other officers given for 3rd Reg't.
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.

612 W. Church St. Elmira, N.Y.
Dear Sir:
Have you a record of an application in your office, of the name of Col Sam Drake which would give the name of his parents or name of wife -

he is was brother of my ancestor Jeremiah Drake & Lieut Col. Gilbert Drake all served from Wesches- ter County during Rev- war.
Mrs. L. H. Reed.

MRS. ORRIN P. SPRAGUE ROSCOE SULLIVAN CO. NEW YORK
Mar. 22, 1926.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Please send me extracts concerning Abel Spragg , (Sprague) and Jeremiah Drake, would like names of wives or to whom pensions were paid, if any.
Thank You.
Mrs (O.P.) Bertha J. Sprague.
Have written in pencil, my address, so it may be erased in case it was not what was wanted there.
I'm sorry I can't give more information at this time, as that is what we are after B.J.S.

sent Jeremiah Drake, Page 211, Robert's N.Y., in Rev. "
Westchester Co., Militia -
Third Regiment.
Supposed to have enlisted from Pekskill, N.Y.
Beginning of War. ("Stony Point")
Please send me a few of the accompanying blanks, and bill for same, if permissable.
Thank You.
(Mrs C.P.) Rutha J. Sprague.